Uta Barth[no title] 1995-7

Barth's portfolio of ten images titled ……………………in passing." was produced by waterless lithography. This is a special technique developed in the mid 1990s by Jeff Ryan of 21 Steps, Santa Fe for lens-based work. Ryan printed the portfolio on ragcote paper in an edition of thirty, of which this is number nineteen. It was published by Muse [X] Editions. The ten images are not individually titled and do not have a particular sequence. They are derived from photographs culled by the artist from a variety of sources. Nine are colour and one is black and white. They depict out-of-focus, outdoor backgrounds with a foreground component protruding into the edge of each composition… (read more)